Simon Fraser University

Informal Logic: A Handbook

It is obvious that teaching and research in informal logic (critical thinking, rhetoric) is a growth industry, indeed one of burgeoning proportions. Judging by skyrocketing enrolments and the ...
Ars Technica

Getting to QED, Part 1: Informal logic and online argumentation

For regulars at Ars Technica, the forums are as much a part of the site’s identity as the articles. And where there are forums, there are flame wars. The BattleFront is infamous for its contentious ...
The Conversation

The World Bank and IMF are using flawed logic in their quest to do away with the informal sector

Mike Rogan is a Research Associate with the global-research-advocacy network WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing). Max Gallien is a Research Fellow with the Institute of ...
TODAYonline

Why we should teach logic in schools

There is an interesting saying: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Bloom, an American educational psychologist, and many others in the educational ...
Ars Technica

Getting to QED, Part 1: Informal logic and online argumentation

Flaming, trolling, <em>ad hominem</em>, logical fallacies, Godwin violations—it's all the stuff of too many online discussions. In Part 1 of this four-part series ...